Canning Across America

I've been canning a little while now, perhaps you have too. Over the past few years, putting up food has made its way into the fabric of my life and my year

I came to canning late in life, spurred on by friends who seemed to be making pickles, jams and other yummy things every time I stopped into their kitchens.

My 80 year old grandmother, who was born and raised in Columbia, South Carolina, has been putting-up for as long as I can remember.

I knew I would love the Nitty Gritty Dirty Farm long before I saw it. How could you not? Its proprietors - a newly minted minister and a mandolin-playing music teacher - had found each other...

That’s Brook. She joined our ranks this spring and our only regret is why it took so long for us to meet.

I first learned to can when I was about eight years old back in Texas. Four generations of women–my Great-Grandma

A watercolor sketch Marcia Milner-Brage titled Marie's Pantry. Separately, Marcia's also captured Marie’s harvest before the canning.

Canning is an important part of Amy Pennington’s book, Urban Pantry: Tips & Recipes for a Thrifty, Sustainable and Seasonable Kitchen.

Check out the recipes that we have from Karen Solomon’s fabulous book, Jam It, Pickle It, Cure It!

I arrived at the food preservation reservation on a very slow train and my first stop was strawberry jam sealed with paraffin wax. There’s an irrepressible me...